Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new medical opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's esophageal cancer, considering his in-service herbicide agent exposure and service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA medical opinion was found inadequate due to an inaccurate factual premise regarding the Veteran's smoking history, necessitating a new and adequate opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25014178
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